Libby pardoned

[MadMarchHare]

Really, what's the point of a fall guy, if he doesn't "fall".
Might as well just said outright, yeah, we outed her because her husband pissed us off.  farg you.  Executive privilege.

[ice grillin you]

by all accounts libby is a decent guy that got caught up with the wrong people...he didnt out plame he lied on the stand about stuff not having much to do with the whole outting controversy...the guy didnt belong in jail...and that is coming from someone who is as left as it gets

[Diomedes]

Really, what's the point of a fall guy, if he doesn't "fall".

He provided at least some use:  even a lousy story like this is better for the White House than coverage of Iraq

[MadMarchHare]

by all accounts libby is a decent guy that got caught up with the wrong people...he didnt out plame he lied on the stand about stuff not having much to do with the whole outting controversy...the guy didnt belong in jail...and that is coming from someone who is as left as it gets

Libby clearly lied to protect Bush, and was chosen to be the man thrown under the bus.  Then he gets "commuted" immediately after losing appeal.  Whether he's a nice guy or not, who farging cares?  The fact that the administration doesn't give two shteins about public opinion or outrage is very sobering.

This kind of shtein could bury the GOP in the 2008 election.  Why doesn't that bother the administration?

[Diomedes]

Because they don't give a shtein?

[MadMarchHare]

Or because the election isn't relevent?

[Phanatic]

GOP Pundits are using the current immigration Bush / Ted Kennedy camio to distance themselves. They disagree with him on immigration seeee! They're Different!

[Butchers Bill]

This kind of shtein could bury the GOP in the 2008 election.  Why doesn't that bother the administration?

There are two seasons of American Idol between now and then.  Americans are dumb and will forget about this by the end of the week.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Hypocritical fun:

"This commutation sends the clear signal that in this administration, cronyism and ideology trump competence and justice." - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.

[Rome]

How many sentences has Hillary commuted in her time as a Senator for the State of New York?

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I see - so you're assuming that she feels the same way about all the people her husband pardoned and that she's not a ridiculous hypocrite?

Oh, and here all all the commutations also: http://www.usdoj.gov/pardon/clinton_comm.htm

[Diomedes]

Bush lovers can't stand an unhappy chimp tale without turning it into a Clinton hatefest.  Predictable and pathetic.  Kinda boring too..don't know why I bother to point it out.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

...and Clinton lovers ignore his negatives and make it sound like no precedent has taken place for any of the multitude of zesty cronyism happenings during the Bush administration.

At least IGY is keeping it real here.  Clinton did the same thing and pardoned buddies that took the fall for his illegal dealings.  Why shouldn't Bush do the same?

[Diomedes]

Every time Bush does something stupid, you talk Clinton.  Good for you.

[Geowhizzer]

Dick Cheney is a better VP than Aaron Burr.  At least the guy Cheney shot recovered...